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Newest Vital Sign for the Portuguese Adolescents’ Population 

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific context: General, Nutrition
Modes of administration in validation study : Paper and pencil
Assessment: Self-reported

Psychometrics

Number of items: 6
Sample size in validation study: 386
Administration Time (minutes): 6 minutes
Language of validated version: Portuguese

Main article reference

Santos, O., Stefanovska-Petkovska, M., Virgolino, A., Miranda, A. C., Costa, J., Fernandes, E., Cardoso, S., & Vaz Carneiro, A. (2021). Functional Health Literacy: Psychometric Properties of the Newest Vital Sign for Portuguese Adolescents (NVS-PTeen). Nutrients, 13(3), 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030790

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Description

6-item self-assessment questionnaire assessing functional health literacy in adolescents; ice cream nutrition label used as the information stimulus

Year Measure first Published: 2021

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: No
Reliability: Test-retest correlation: 0.605

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: Portugal
Content validity: Pre-test involving three women and three men with different levels of education; linguistic and cultural adaptation performed on NVS adult. and research team assumed no differences for NVS-PTeen
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.61
Reliability notes: 3-month test-retest assignment; intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used; ICC was acceptable (0.605)
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